welcome here to the programme. your reaction to this announcement? i your reaction to this announcement? . , , announcement? i am completely blindsided, _ announcement? i am completely blindsided, to _ announcement? i am completely blindsided, to be _ announcement? i am completely blindsided, to be honest. - announcement? i am completely blindsided, to be honest. i - —— there might be some thought there might be some changes coming in the spring the statement this caught the statement but this caught me totally off guard. i think is wrong decision. it is it is the wrong decision. it is absolutely the right decision to support our troops, our forces have been underfunded forces have been underfunded for decades if i am quite honest. and when we look around the world, the number of conflicts is ever—increasing, so the more support we can give them the better. but to do to them the better. but to do it the backs of the it off the backs of the when the very money it off the backs of the is when the very money it off the backs of the is therefore very money it off the backs of the is therefore early money which is therefore early to keep people intervention to keep people safe in their home, but also to keep governments operating safe in their home, but also to keep go' around its operating safe in their home, but also to keep go' around the iperating safe in their home, but also to keep go' around the world, g safe in their home, but also to keep go' around the world, to properly around the world, to try and prevent some of the drivers that force people to leave their homes, it seems a

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the almost over the the the almost over the line, but not this the line, but not quite. this bill, the assisted dying bell, bill.rthe assisted dying hell. out a couple of years started out a couple of years ago in it was put forward ago in 2022. it was put forward ago in 2022. it was put forward a former gp, a member of by a former gp, a member of the house of keys, the island's parliament. doctoralex house of keys, the island's parliament. doctor alex allen stan, he brought forward that parliament. doctor alex allen stan, he b and ht forward that parliament. doctor alex allen stan, he b and hasirward that parliament. doctor alex allen stan, he b and has beeni that legislation and has been to take it through the working to take it through the house of keys ever since then. it is a complicated piece of legislation, it is difficult divisive area. you are di in ive area. you are di in favoura. you are di in favour of you are 7 di in favour of itiu are 7 di in favour of it orire either in favour of it or it, there is no middle against it, there is no middle according who you ground. according to who you to, it is either a talk to, it is either a rock—solid piece of legislation, which is protecting those most at risk and giving them the choice of and giving them the choice of and how they are to die, when and how they are to die, or it is that piece of or it is not that piece of legislation. today, 26 amendments have been discussed here on in this room, in h5r5 555555, in this room. in house of h5r5 oh—this, in this room. ih house of keys,

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independent gps who will sign it off. you also have to have the legal capacity to be able to it, and finally and most 7 and this7 77 77 73736757577 7th7e crucially, andstthjs the 555 been most that has been most discussed you have to have lived today. you have to have lived the island the last five is to try and stop years. that is to try and stop that of anyone coming to on the isle to take live on the isle to take advantage of fact that live on the isle to take adva assisted fact that live on the isle to take adva assisted dying :t that live on the isle to take adva assisted dying here. so, are the conditions that they are the conditions that are in place. whether they are or not will be now in a couple § 7 in a couple of weeks, 7 i fina7l uple of weeks, 77 7 7i7 fifiqi 75515770} weeks, 77 7 7i7 final bill ieff weeks, " 7 7i7 final bill i7s7sigiied 5’ when the final bill is signed off. it is then sent to the king for royal assent and it off. it is then sent to the king for i law. assent and it off. it is then sent to the king for i law. it.sent and it off. it is then sent to the king for i law. it willt and it off. it is then sent to the king for i law. it will then it off. it is then sent to the king for i law. it will then be becomes law. it will then be another two years until it is actually put in and in actually put in place, and in that time are going to be that time they are going to be looking at how to actually put looking at howto'ectuelly put into practice, 7it 5 . 7 |tw|llhappen ' 7751511555557. 57676577 ' 7751511555557. 5767655 ' where it will happen. how it will will be will happen, who will be involved. these are all the crucial matters. they can only crucial. matters. they can only 555555 5. . 5. 55 . . discussed and crucial matters. they can only 555555 5. . 5. 55 . . discussed and decided be discussed and decided upon once the legislation is in enss ti�*gslat-zaislatien'is in ' but what you can take place. but what you can take for granted, is that the

parliaments of scotland, of westminster, of the westminster, and ofjerzy, the three other areas of westminster, and ofjerzy, the three i isles areas of westminster, and ofjerzy, the three i isles that; of westminster, and ofjerzy, the three i isles that are gritish islss'thgt erg?" things at the discussing things at the moment, he discussing things at the moment, be looking on moment, will be looking on to see what happens in the isle of see whet heeeens in. the teteet 55 55 55 and �*things ee.5.5-, 7 7' -7 ' '_7 have 7 7 -7 7 7_7 have a out. we are about to have a break and — out. we are about to have a break and look _ out. we are about to have a break and look at _ break and look at the weather details in the next few but we do, let moments, but before we do, let me take you through we are me take 3,19le threugh what we are in the next 60 expecting in the next 60 it is going to be busy minutes, it is going to be busy on our main story. earlier in the day, we had that statement from the uk prime minister announcing that parliament, announcing that moved to increase uk defence 2.5% of gdp 2.5% ofgdp by spending to 2.5% of gdp by then 3% by the year 2027. then 3% by the year 2030. is do to do a news he is do to do a news conference in the next conference starting in the next five minutes, this is the scene there inside downing street. there inside downing street. the prime we were to our political talking to our political correspondent earlier, he was that the prime minister saying that the prime minister plans to actually to the plans to actually speak to the public first of all at the start of that news

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even a crack of thunder. and across the north sea. it's pulling away. behind it, the skies are clearing. they are filling up the skies with some fair weather but in the sunshine, away from any breeze, i think it's a pleasant enough just now. across eastern areas of the uk ahead of this next weather front, which will bring rain to northern ireland and western parts of the uk through the early hours of wednesday morning. into lincolnshire, east anglia and the south east. certainly a touch of frost on the way out towards the west, especially around coastal areas. it will be more like four orfive celsius. through the morning and into the afternoon. we'll have a couple of hours, some of us, with some heavy but also showers will follow the weather front. temperatures will be single figures across the board. i think it will feel

a little colder tomorrow. but we are actually under the influence of this high which is squeezing in from the azores. so actually thursday is looking generally quite sunny across the uk. bar the odd shower in the western isles. into single figures. that fog may linger for a time on friday, so might start off grey for you on friday. but come the afternoon the sun should be out and we've got a fine end to the week on the way. and guess what? let's focus on cardiff. look at all of that sunshine on the way in the next few days.

enjoy, bye—bye.

live from london. the uk announces — the country's defence spending will rise — to 2.5 percent of its gdp, by 2027. ican i can announce this government will begin the biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the end of the cold war.

more pain for british households, as the energy price cap rises for the third time running. the increase will add another £111 to the in the evening sky. what he says amounts to the biggest sustained the policy shift comes ahead of his visit to washington on let's take a look

at the numbers.